La simplification de la structure jnterne des peuplements forestiers constitue unenjeu majeur dans la foret mixte et feuillue du Canada . .Plusieurs etudes tentent a demontrer qu’il y a eu une perte de la complexite structurale et donc de la biodiversite dans les peuplements amen ages pour la recolte de la matiere ligneuse. Cette complexite […]

L’objectif du projet est de comprendre la recharge des eaux souterraines dans les Laurentides. Le manque de données sur les eaux souterraines de la région ne permet pas aux acteurs de l’aménagement du territoire de procéder au développement durable de leur territoire en prenant en considération la vulnérabilité des eaux souterraines. Les résultats de cette […]

This project aims to develop guidelines regarding the maintenance of old-growth in the managed boreal forest. Presently, several institutions, including the Government of Quebec and the Forest Stewardship Council require that a third of the preindustrial levels of old growth be maintained on the managed landscape. However, there is little if any scientific evidence to […]

This project is designed under Agricultural Water Innovation in the Tropic (AgWIT) partnership, a WaterWorks project funded by NSERC. Under the AgWIT project, we have been testing alternative land and water management strategies such as biochar application and drip irrigation. Evapotranspiration (ET) monitoring through flux towers has been used for comparing water use efficiency between […]

Les eaux usees municipales sont traitees par des procedes physico-chimiques, biologiques ou une combinaison des deux types, Le pretraitement des eaux arrivant a la station d’epuration (STEP) est necessaire pour proteger les equipements de procede. Le degrillage (enlevement des debris organiques grossiers de !’eau) et Ie dessablage (enlevement du sable de I’eau) sont deux procedes […]

Japan is one of the most geologically active countries on Earth. It has seen many volcanic eruptions throughout its history, along with earthquakes and tsunamis due to plate tectonic movements. Over time, these eruptions have deposited many volcanic ash layers onto the ground, where they are buried and preserved. We can use these ash layers […]

Le projet est au coeur d’une initiative ambitieuse de l’entreprise PreVu3d consistant à démocratiser un outil d’ingénierie réputé complexe, à savoir la modélisation 3D. En effet, à l’heure actuelle, la compréhension et l’utilisation de logiciels tels que CATIA V.5, AUTOCAD ou encore PTC Creo demande une expertise en ingénierie que le grand public n’a pas […]

This project aims to operationalize innovative methods for developing cost effective wetland inventories across Alberta by use of numerous sources of remote sensing data, namely light detection and ranging (LiDAR), synthetic aperture Radar (SAR), and optical imagery. The project will formalize a mapping specification, develop training and validation datasets (available in-kind from the academic supervisor […]

Information on the proportions of clay, silt and sand-sized mineral particles in soils and in soil products used for construction is critical for understanding their physical and chemical properties and for their proper use and management. However, these soil mineral particles are usually glued together with inorganic cements (calcium carbonate, iron and aluminum oxides/hydroxides) and […]

Neonicotinoids are the largest-selling, fastest-growing group of insecticides worldwide. Due to their chemical properties (high water solubility) and current agricultural application practices, neonicotinoids and their mixtures are routinely detected in global freshwater environments. As these compounds can persist in light-limited environments and are highly toxic to invertebrates (particularly arthropods), the effects of long-term exposures to […]

Soil health and fertility has important long-term implications on farming practices. However, farmers and agronomists have difficulties to integrate soil assessment into farming decisions, mainly due to the tedious and long soil sampling process. This project aims at providing an innovative tool for agronomists and farmers to determine instantaneously and accurately several soil characteristics such […]

Forage nutritive value is a key component of profitable dairy production with forage fiber concentration and digestibility being critical, as high quality forages can reduce requirements for high-cost concentrated feeds. One approach and new technology developed to increase forage quality has been the release of high digestibility/lowlignin alfalfa cultivars, as alfalfa is the main forage […]